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Pruned (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
(A new mineral ocean in the works in the laboratories of HypoSurface, Inc. Source: ORF / Prix Ars Electronica 2003.) No doubt you've seen the HypoSurface , the “World's first display system where the screen surface physically moves,” at technology fairs and architecture biennales and blogs and advertising industry conventions everywhere. Now let's imagine it as a temporary art installation at a Chicago...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Q. I want to grow vegetables in my backyard, but I’m worried about the toxic stuff that might be in the soil. Should I use raised beds?
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
You won’t save a lot of money harvesting rainwater but you’ll save water.
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balancing landscape (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Product Description A well-designed garden provides pleasure to owner and visitor alike but often eludes even the most experienced gardener. The Essential Garden Design Workbook guides you through every stage of designing a garden, from site assessment to drawing up plans and selecting suitable materials. Here you will learn how to assess your site and experiment with design ideas that fit well with...
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Declutter It! (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
This month, Lifestyles decided to have a little fun with one of summer’s favorite pastimes - picnics & potlucks. Here are all the tips from around the channel, there’s recipes, tips and a few laughs thrown in for free. Of course here at Declutter It we looked at five tips to help you organize your summer [...]
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Garden Rant (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Right now, I am busy scrubbing my dirty heels and dirty fingernails, getting ready to head to Buffalo's city-wide mass-insanity garden tour, Garden Walk, early tomorrow. The drive is dreadful: five hours of Route 90 with absolutely nothing to look...
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Garden Voices (Free subscription) | yesterday
Let’s set the stage a bit. In the world of the Internet, links have been seen as currency. A link from a site with a higher Google PageRank than yours is a good thing. So if your site is ranked as a 2 and you get an inbound link from a 5, life is good. Your ranking and authority with Google goes up and over time, you’ll get more traffic. So incoming links have some value. . . . reBlogged to blogs...
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Garden Voices (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the midst of a summer heat wave, it might seem like everything in your landscape is begging for more water, whether it’s your lawn or your flowerbeds. But that doesn’t have to be the case—especially if you fill your garden with drought-tolerant plants. Available in myriad varieties (no, drought-tolerant isn’t limited to cacti), these gems will dazzle your garden with a vibrant spectrum of color....
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Garden Voices (Free subscription) | yesterday
You may have heard the catch phrase “fall is for planting”. It is not just a marketing ploy by garden centers, it is true. September and October are the best times in the whole year to plant grass seed, trees, shrubs, perennials, and ground covers. It is also the best time to transplant one of those plants from one place to another. . . . reBlogged to trees on Jul 24, 2008, 10:36AM...
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Garden Rant (Free subscription) | yesterday
That statement or something really close was the message of an NPR segment that had me tearing up—oh hell, crying—on my commute home today. Here’s the story in brief: Tracy Pruitt's property manager gave her 30 days to leave her...
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Apartment Therapy LA (Free subscription) | yesterday
An example of espaliered trees against a wall in Los Angeles Earlier today, we noted that today's Home and Garden includes a piece on Pearl Fryar, a master of the topiary form. Another garden art we
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Apartment Therapy LA (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Today's Los Angeles Times Home and Garden feature story focuses on the provenance of the fountain in a Los Angeles home. Hidden behind a large wall, the house in the Beverly Crest neighborhood has lo
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Apartment Therapy LA (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Today's LA Times Home and Garden section includes a round up of resources around town for some of the fabulous fabrics and textiles seen in the film Mamma Mia!; a look at Pearl Fryar, topiary artist a
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euro puppy | 02/12/2008
The cruel turth, about how humans manipulate canine genetics to make small dogs out of big breeds.
